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Based in the heart of the North West. BAB Wigan Executive Travel offer a prestige service for all your needs.  Our services include corporate travel, airport transfers, weddings and other special events.  We have over 20 years’ experience and pride ourselves in providing a professional and reliable service. 

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Our range of vehicles enable us to cater for a range of requirements and so whether you require an airport transfer or want to travel in style we have the perfect vehicle for you. All of our vehicles are maintained to the highest standards and meet all council stipulated requirements, you can also rest easy knowing that all of our drivers are fully criminal records checked. 

Based in Wigan in Lancashire, BAB Wigan Executive Travel offer a high end, Corporate Private Hire Car Service including airports, business travel, weddings, proms, theatre trips and much, much more! Need a plush taxi service near Wigan, call us!! We have been in the private hire business for longer than we care to admit to and pride ourselves on our professional service. Having built up a fantastic client base including ITV. Our vehicle is maintained to the highest standard and Council tested twice a year and our drivers are fully Criminal Records Bureau checked. If any documentation is required from customers, operator’s licence, Criminal Records Bureau documentation , drivers badges etc. before travelling they can be emailed to customers for peace of mind. We are based in Wigan, Lancashire but we offer our corporate chauffeur service throughout the North West. We cover… • Bolton • Chorley • Liverpool • Manchester • Ormskirk • Preston • Skelmersdale • Southport • St Helens • Warrington Your area not listed, why not get in touch? Our clients keep coming back, because we care.

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BAB EXECUTIVE TRAVEL: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

• Mon - Fri 06:00 - 19:00
• Sat - Sun 09:00 - 15:00
• (4.22 mi) Wendover Guest House
• (3.50 mi) Premier Inn Bolton (Stadium/Arena) Hotel
• (9.14 mi) The Secret Garden Glamping
• (3.01 mi) Premier Inn Wigan Town Centre hotel
• (4.42 mi) Premier Inn Haydock Park - M6 J23 Hotel
• (0.22 mi) Little Chippy
• (0.27 mi) Kebab King
• (0.91 mi) Summat To Ate
• (0.62 mi) Toscana
• (0.96 mi) Dough
• (3.29 mi) Adrenaline Escape
• (3.68 mi) Northwest Computer Museum
• (4.53 mi) A1 Travel of Wigan
• (0.57 mi) The Swan
• (3.22 mi) Wigan Central

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Based in Wigan in Lancashire, Wigan Executive Travel offer a high end, corporate private hire car service including airports, business travel, weddings, theatre trips and much, much more! We have been in the private hire business for longer than we care to admit to and pride ourselves on our professional service. Having built up a fantastic client base including ITV. Our vehicle is maintained to the highest standard and Council tested twice a year and our drivers are fully Criminal Records Bureau checked. If any documentation is required from customers, operators licence, Criminal Records Bureau documentation , drivers badges etc. before travelling they can be emailed to customers for peace of mind. We are based in Wigan, Lancashire but we offer our corporate chauffeur service throughout the North West. We cover… • Bolton • Chorley • Liverpool • Manchester • Ormskirk • Preston • Skelmersdale • Southport • St Helens • Warrington Your area not listed, why not get in touch?

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Minibus and Executive Travel In St Helens,  The North West and The UK.

Transport For Every Occasion.

What We Offer.

Airport transfer.

Our 8 seat minibuses are available for hire now in St Helens, Warrington, Wigan and around the Northwest transferring to Manchester and Liverpool airports.

Onward Coach Service

We can pick up your clients from designated pick-up points or their home addresses to take them to/from the coaches that will be travelling across the UK to their holiday destination.

Special Occasions

Elevate your travel experience with L&L Executive Travel for sports events and special occasions. From races and golf tournaments to weddings and spa days, arrive safely and stylishly, ensuring you're ready to enjoy every moment.

School Service

We can provide an extra ad-hoc service to your home to school transport or for trips out for small groups of your pupils. All our drivers are DBS checked and fully insured.

Business Transport

Clean and reliable vehicles, door to door service, friendly uniformed drivers, great prices professional service, the perfect transport partner for your company..

We can provide business transport for local and national companies both big and small, whatever your requirements. Our fleet of clean, comfortable and reliable minibuses are available for whatever your business needs.

Our uniformed and DBS-checked drivers are professional and discreet. Every aspect of your business transport is very important to us as our whole business is built on offering the very best in customer service. Reliability, comfort and great prices come as standard. The customer service we provide is what sets us apart from the rest. We can provide transport options whatever your requirements, just get in touch.

L & L TRAVEL

We operate an executive vehicle transfer service within the North West. Offering vehicles with 8 passenger seats providing group transfers for all types of events anywhere you want to go.

We are fully Licensed by St Helens Council and are an official Private Hire operator.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

First time using L&L Travel after seeing a newspaper story about them winning an award and well deserved! Smooth booking, efficient confirmation via text, punctual, and helpful. A day-before reminder for the return pickup was a thoughtful touch. Clear instructions at the airport, and overall an excellent experience. Highly recommended! 

MR ROBINSON

Used these guys for my wedding! 100% recommend! Very well priced! 5-star service! Would give more stars but Google would only let me give 5 stars. Thanks for your service again guys and I will recommend you to everyone I can, I can’t thank you enough.

An excellent airport transfer, to and from Manchester Airport. Efficient, reliable, friendly, punctual and comfortable service. Helped all six of us with our luggage and couldn't have been more helpful. Great price, wouldn't hesitate to use them again and will definitely recommend to anyone needing them for any occasion. Thanks a lot!  

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• Mon - Fri 6:00 am - 7:00 pm
• Sat - Sun 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
• (6.75 km) Wendover Guest House
• (5.59 km) Premier Inn Bolton (Stadium/Arena) Hotel
• (14.63 km) The Secret Garden Glamping
• (4.82 km) Premier Inn Wigan Town Centre hotel
• (7.07 km) Premier Inn Haydock Park - M6 J23 Hotel
• (0.36 km) Little Chippy
• (0.44 km) Kebab King
• (1.45 km) Summat To Ate
• (1.00 km) Toscana
• (1.53 km) Dough
• (5.27 km) Adrenaline Escape
• (5.89 km) Northwest Computer Museum
• (7.25 km) A1 Travel of Wigan
• (0.92 km) The Swan
• (5.16 km) Wigan Central

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Leigh Executive Travel is here for all of your transport needs. Whether it be airport transfers, transport to and from events or any other occasion, make your transfer throughout the North West in style with Leigh Executive Travel.

Airport Transfer?

At Leigh Executive Travel, airport transfers throughout the North West are a breeze. We even track your flight to make sure you are met on arrival!

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Our clean, comfortable and stylish vans are the perfect way to start of finish any journey - whether it be pleasure or work, we are the Private Hire service for you!

Executive Leigh Private Hire service

Based in The North West, Leigh Executive Travel are the complete Private Vehicle Hire service. Our comfortable and well maintained vehicles make your transport an enjoyable experience whether it's corporate travel or a night in town - we've got you covered

You can request one of our private hire vehicles online by clicking here . You can also book your airport tranfers online too! Simply fill out our form online and we will get back to you as soon as possible

Our Services

Comfortable north west private vehicle hire service, airport drop off.

Start your journey in style with Leigh Executive Travel. All nationwide airport transfers are covered!

Airport Pick Up

Our drivers track your flights so if you have an early arrival or delayed, you wont be left stranded. We will meet and greet you inside the terminal.

Large Vehicles

Our large spacious vehicles can hold 1-8 people. Perfect for transport between events, parties, and airports!

Event Transportation

Our Leigh based Private Hire firm cater for wedding transport, stag or hen parties, sporting events and much more.

Nationwide Service

Being based in the North West, our Private Hire service doesn't stop there. We cover all nationwide airport transfers or journeys.

Need transport to and from business meetings throughout the North West? Travel in style with Leigh Executive Travel.

Airport Transfers

Our experienced drivers make your airport transfer throughout the north west a breeze. we even track your flights to make sure you are met on arrival, what we are up to, come check out our gallery.

We're always on the road - getting you from A to B in the finest way possible up and down the country.

However, that doesn't mean we dont take time to appreciate our surroundings. Come take a look at where we have been lately!

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We have over 90 5 star reviews on our facebook page. read some of our reviews that our clients have left us see more on our facebook page.

Absolutely brilliant service👍 we have used Leigh Excutive Travel a few times for airport runs, pick ups and for our wedding party! Always very professional and the vehicles that they have are amazing...spotless clean and top spec

Stuart, thank you so much for agreeing to take my family and I all the way to Gatwick at short notice. Your price, service, and extremely clean comfortable vehicle were beyond our expectations. Thank you for making the start of our long journey to Canada a positive one, hopefully the rest of our journey goes as smoothly! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ✨

Just want to say thank you for a perfect experience with Leigh executive travel. We booked a return to Heaton park in Manchester for the friends fest at the weekend and it was perfect. On time, friendly and professional. Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent service provided by Stu, lovely clean mini bus and the kids loved the disco lights, highly recommended 👌

Thanks Stuart for such a professional service, kept me up to date about pick up time and to be met at the airport just puts your mind at ease. Great company, excellent service and a great guy. Took all the stress away leaving me and my family to throughly enjoy our holiday. Can’t recommend Leigh executive travel enough, definitely the company to use. 👍

Brilliant service, thank you very much . Highly recommended 👍🏻

Excellent service used for Manchester airport. I have never used them before and went off reviews and they was friendly and arrived at the time booked both there and back. Offered water on the journey which was good. My children had never been to the airport and as we had plenty of time they took us passed were the planes are which was an extra thoughtful personal touch.

Fantastic service to the airport. Very reasonably priced and professional service from Stuart.

I would highly recommend Stu and his team, very reliable, friendly and top class service. We have used them twice for airport pick ups and will use them in further, thanks again.

A group of us went on our Christmas Party last night and we used Leigh Executive Travel. Cannot recommend them enough, the driver Joe was very friendly and helped us off the minibus. If you need a minibus then I would highly recommend. Thanks again!

I have used Stu twice now for airport pick ups and he is very reliable, always on time and is super easy to communicate with over Facebook. He also tracks your flight number which is good and meets you at the arrivals and offers you a bottle of water, which after a 14 hour flight is well needed. I would highly recommend him. Cheers mate

Amazing professional service received by Stu at leigh executive travel. Excellent customer service from first point of contact, nothing is too much trouble. The vehicle was immaculately clean inside & out. We traveled on a return journey to Manchester airport with a 22 month old baby, Stu made sure the correct car seat was fitted, offered soft drinks to us & made sure our flight was tracked so no waiting around at all. Will not use anyone else now & highly recommend this company to anyone. Thank you, Andy, Charlotte & Hugo

Excellent service for both airport transfers and business travel. Am delighted to ensure all holidays booked with Not Just Travel Leigh will have their airport transfers booked with Stuart and the great team

Great service and what an absolute gent Stu is. He looked after some of our wedding guests, and even put some bows on his van for us! I would defo recommend! x

Corporate Travel

Our executive private hire service allows you to travel comfortably to work conferences, meetings, or events. call us today for bookings, get in touch with us online by filling out our contact form. you can also call us to speak with us directly.

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Wigan Executive Chauffeurs – Luxury Chauffeur Driven Car Service for Business or Pleasure

Licensed for Business Travel, Sporting Events, Airport Transfers, and Special Occasions

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Executive Car Hire Wigan, driven by the experts at Junction 21 Chauffeurs

Our Chauffeurs are either:

Advanced driver qualified.

Ex armed services.

Members of the Guild of Professional Chauffeurs.

Have extensive experience driving high net worth clients.

Lady drivers can also be requested.

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‘’I am the founder and CEO of Junction 21 Chauffeurs, married to my Business Partner, Pauline, proud Father of 4, and even prouder Grandfather of 12.

Our Wigan Chauffeur Service, established in 2007, provides an Executive Chauffeur Driven Car Service to and from Manchester Airport and throughout the Northwest of England.

We take great pride in our honesty, professionalism, ethical behaviour, and integrity, as our reputation as a trustworthy business partner is critical to our business success.

Greatest professional achievement is being the 1st and only ever Chauffeur Company to win ‘Business of the Year > 1 million’ at the Annual Business Awards.

We welcome you to join us on the road ahead’’.

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Winners of Business of the Year at the Annual RB Awards - 1st Ever Chauffeur Company to do so!

CHAUFFEURS WIGAN

All Wigan Chauffeurs receive professional training in house and are locally Licensed drivers within Greater Manchester. The Chauffeurs, combined with a fleet of Executive Chauffeur Driven Cars, ensure your journey is planned and completed to your expectations.

Therefore, if you require an Executive Chauffeur Driven Car Service in Wigan, Greater Manchester, then you need look no further. Whether for a business meeting, Airport Transfer, Cruise Transfer, Day Hire or Wedding transportation, our team will ensure a safe arrival every time.

100+ Corporate clients

Top 7 Questions Customers ask before making a booking

Q1 – How can I check a Chauffeur Company is Licensed?

A – This is the most important Question, as if the Chauffeur Company is not Licensed – You will be uninsured for your journey. Most importantly, use the licence Checker tab below to find out.

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Q2 – How far in advance can I book on the ONE DAY SALE?

A – Customers can book travel with Wigan Executive Chauffeurs on the date of sale for any time up to 12 Months in advance. Do not worry if you miss the ONE DAY SALE as we offer many other smaller discount codes. Most importantly, the Day of the sale offers the biggest Discounts.

ONE DAY SALE

Q3 – How do your Chauffeurs keep Customers safe in the Flu Season?

A – Chauffeur Driven car hire has become more popular with customers switching from Taxis and Public Transport. Moreover, many clients are looking for added safety, especially in the Flu season or when there is a Virus circulating. Our motto of ‘WHEN SAFE TRAVEL MATTERS’ has become more relevant. Most importantly we follow strict guidelines for keeping you safe. Some of our vehicles are also equipped with safety screens for that extra peace of mind.

SAFETY GUIDANCE

Other important questions

Q4 – How much does it cost to hire a Luxury Executive Car and Chauffeur?

A – The price varies depending on the time of day. Indeed, Vehicle choice and the amount of discount applied triggers the cost. All you need to do to get a quote is enter Date, Time and Pickup/drop off addresses. Finally, enter the discount code for an Instant quote.

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Q5 – What do other Customers say about Wigan Executive Chauffeurs?

A – Take a look at our reviews page. We collect reviews on 3 independent review platforms. In fact, we offer further discounts for customers that leave a review when we exceed their expectations. The reason being reviews help us achieve a higher placement on the search engines. Indeed, why not reward Customers for doing so.

Q6 – Do you provide Wedding Transportation?

A – Yes, take a look at our wedding page. Indeed, we take the Groom for FREE!

WEDDING CAR HIRE

Q7 – Do you provide Private Chauffeur Sightseeing tours of Manchester?

A – Junction 21 Chauffeurs provide both half and full day Sightseeing Tours. Moreover, experience this magnificent City from the comfort and extra safety of your own private vehicle.

PRIVATE CHAUFFEUR TOURS

Wigan Executive Chauffeurs - Standards

Wigan Executive Chauffeurs are trained to the highest standard. As a result, our 100% safety record is a testament to the care we take in looking after our customers each and every day.

Our staff are professional and courteous at all times. This distinction helped us to win Business of the Year at RB Awards. The whole team was delighted to receive this recognition – The first chauffeur company ever to do so.

Check out the Video below. Latest Family member of the team. 1 st day in the office.

Charlie George Byrne – Age 9 – Grandson of John Byrne – CEO @ Junction 21 Chauffeurs

Wigan Executive Chauffeurs – Vehicles

Junction 21 Chauffeurs offer a selection of Luxury Executive Chauffeur Driven Cars to Hire in Wigan, Greater Manchester. For example, they include the following.

Executive Saloons

Mercedes Estate Cars

Executive MPV’s

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Other Locations

Junction 21’s Head office is based in ROCHDALE . Consequently, this is Just a few miles from Wigan.

A substantial amount of our work involves providing transport to and from Manchester International Airport. Most importantly, we take our clients in comfort and safety from the airport to all corners of the UK.

No matter where you are or where you are heading Junction 21 will take good care of you. Likewise, the drivers will provide you with a service second to none.

In addition to Wigan we cover all locations throughout Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond. Indeed, our Chauffeur Driven Car hire service takes clients from Manchester Airport to all corners of the UK including Scotland and Wales.

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Do Wigan Executive Chauffeurs offer a Meet and Greet Service?

Our Airport Chauffeurs wait in the Airport arrivals hall with a meet and greet board. Prior to collection, passengers receive a message with all the driver’s details, including information on the exact spot the Chauffeur is stood.

More about Wigan

Wigan is made up of 10 Townships. Moreover, these are further divided into 25 Wards.

Population is circa 330,000, spread out over 77 square miles. Most notably, it is home to Wigan Pier, a great place to dance back in the day and Wigan Casino.

All 25 Wards are listed below

Ashton / Bryn / Atherton / Abram / Hindley / Hindley Green / Atherleigh / Leigh North / Leigh South / Leigh West / Golborne and Lowton West / Lowton East / Orrell / Winstanley / Aspull-New Springs-Whelley / Shevington with Lower Ground / Standish with Langtree / Astley-Mosley Common / Tyldesley / Ince-in-Makerfield / Wigan Central / Wigan West / Douglas / Pemberton / Worsley Mesnes

Why are Executive Chauffeur Driven vehicles so popular in Wigan?

Business and private clients with a higher disposable income tend to use an Executive Chauffeur driven car service, rather than a Taxi service. Reasons for this are plenty. For example, some clients just want to travel in a high spec vehicle. On the other hand, many clients are looking for a safer way to travel. More so, in the Flu season when they are trying to avoid crowded public transport or Taxis that do a multitude of journeys in a short period of time.

Properties in Wigan have an average sale price of around 160K. That said, first time buyers looking to get on the housing ladder can usually pick up a Terrace house for around 100K.

People unfamiliar with Wigan Pier can be forgiven for thinking it is at the Seaside. In fact, it is at the side of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

It derived its name due to the original Wooden jetty used to load coal onto the Barges.

Many famous people have visited Wigan Pier, the most famous being the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.

Furthermore, take a look at the video below featuring George Formby singing ‘’On the Wigan Boat Express’’

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Jonathon Engels, formerly a patron saint of misadventure, has been stumbling his way across cultural borders since 2005 and is currently volunteering in the mountains outside of Antigua, Guatemala.  For more of his work, visit his website and blog .

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